 | | Ritsumeikan U. draws international students from 26 different countries. "Ritsumeikan" translates as “the place to establish one’”s destiny.” |  |
   
|  |  | To feed your brain, you’ll attend classes at Ritsumeikan University or Asia Pacific University. Your classmates will either be local Japanese students if your Japanese is advanced, or other international students working to perfect their language skills.
| Course Highlights: |  |  | If you’re very fluent in Japanese, the full university catalogue is open to you. Otherwise, you’ll participate in a special program for international students, including classes on Japanese language, culture, and society. | | Ritsumeikan and Asia Pacific offer more than 200 student clubs for everything from martial arts, to Japanese calligraphy, to traditional tea ceremony. | | Ritsumeikan offers more than 200 student clubs for everything from martial arts, to Japanese calligraphy, to traditional tea ceremony. |
| Dates | | | Application timetable: | | | Applications should be received by March 1 or October 1. | | Full Year or Spring | | | (approx. 15 credits per term): Mid-September to late July; April to late July |
| Cost (2008-2009) | | | NJ residents: | Full Year: $20,639 |
Spring: $12,857 | | Non-NJ residents: | Full Year: $27,039 |
Spring: $16,057 | Tuition, fees, housing, excursions, and basic medical insurance are included in this fee.
Travel, food, major medical insurance, and all personal expenses are not included in this fee.
For more information on program costs, please click here
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You're learning Japanese, right? So you've noticed bits of Japanese culture popping up in America at random, from the anime on TV to the sushi at your local market. Yet the more important aspects of Japanese society continue to elude us, such as the delicacy and refinement of their traditions, or the deep respect for history and elders. Study in Kyoto or Beppu, and you'll find yourself steeped in the nuances of Japanese culture, for real, from the other side of the Pacific. By the time you return, you’ll be a true citizen of two cultures!
Kyoto was Japan’s capital for more than a thousand years, and it's is still considered the nation’s spiritual center. The weeping cherry trees and Kabuki theater are famous, but there are also hundreds of Buddhist temples, mind-boggling yet soothing Zen gardens, and the extravagant Golden Pavilion to see. Walk the Path of Philosophy, and while you’re out, get into the music scene—with everything from jazz to pop and of course karaoke—or dance the night away in packed clubs. Beppu is a known for its healing warm springs and lively downtown. Then there’s the cuisine: exotic seafood, and noodles, rice, and tofu prepared in ways you've never imagined, and. Kyoto hosts plenty of international restaurants, too, if you need a change.
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